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“We’re Hungry and We’re Sick!”: Synergistic Effects of Diet and Stress on Honey Bees

3/29/2017

Honey bees face a myriad of interacting stress factors including pesticide exposure and poor nutrition in intensive agricultural landscapes. Andrew Garavito spent his masters looking at how these factors interact in real-world landscapes to affect honey bee health. Comparing factors such as pollen diet, pesticide contamination of pollen, and drought stressing of pollen, he gained some interesting insights into what bees face on any given day in the field.

ENTM graduate student Hanna Kahl receives prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

3/27/2017

A piece of exciting news to welcome you back from spring break!

Conopid Flies: The Bumble Bee Body Snatchers

3/23/2017

Natural threats among the flowers lurk. Dr. T'ai Roulston delves into the somewhat macabre world of bumble bee parasitism by conopid or thick-headed flies.

What Can An Ecosystem Do For You?

3/13/2017

Tackling challenging and complex questions about ecosystems, Dr. Jamin Dreyer explores how we can better understand natural processes to improve human interactions with the environment.

Photo: http://jamindreyer.com/

Fungi Farming Ants

3/6/2017

Ants have been farming for millions of years before humans walked the planet. Learn more about the Sericomyrmex ants that Dr. Ješovnik studies.

“We’re Hungry and We’re Sick!”: Synergistic Effects of Diet and Stress on Honey Bees

ENTM graduate student Hanna Kahl receives prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

Conopid Flies: The Bumble Bee Body Snatchers

What Can An Ecosystem Do For You?

Fungi Farming Ants

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